King was born on May 28, 1949, in Storm Lake, IA, and raised in Denison, IA, where he also attended high school. Although he attended Northwest Missouri State University from 1967-1970, he does not have a college degree. Prior to his political career, King worked as a businessman.

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Terry E. Branstad (b. November 17, 1946, Leland, Iowa) is the 42nd and current Governor of Iowa. A Republican, Branstad previously served as the 39th governor from 1983-1999, and came out of political retirement to win back the office in the 2010 gubernatorial election. During the interim he served as president of Des Moines University.

Branstad was most recently re-elected to a sixth term in November 2014. Having already earned the title of the state's longest serving governor during his first 26-year streak in office, soon after Branstad resumed the governorship in January 2011, he also became the longest serving governor in U.S. history—a record he still holds today. As of January 9, 2015, he had amassed 7,303 days (nearly 19 years) in the governor's office, which was 24.5 percent longer than the country's second longest-serving chief executive (the late Bill Janklow (R) of South Dakota) is secure for the foreseeable future.

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Kim Reynolds (b. in Truro, Iowa) is the 47th and current RepublicanLieutenant Governor of Iowa. She was first elected on November 2, 2010.[1] Reynolds officially assumed office on January 14, 2011, and won re-election to a second term as lieutenant governor in 2014.Reynolds ran successfully for a second term as lieutenant governor in 2014, re-teaming with 2010 ticket mate, incumbent GovernorTerry Branstad (R).[2][3] Kim Reynolds won the general election on November 4, 2014.Prior to becoming lieutenant governor, Reynolds served as a Republican member of the Iowa State Senate, representing District 48. On November 12, 2010, Reynolds resigned her position as State Senator in order to fulfill her new position as Lieutenant Governor, effective in 2011.[4]

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